Way To GO Ugly Betty! Way to GO America Ferrar! This is a beautiful show, showcasing one of the best new talents to come along. She’s amazing. If you’re not tuning in…..you’re sorely missing out!

Ok, here’s to learning new things. For awhile now, I’ve been wanting to be able to link to other sites within my blog. Being absolutely blog-stupid it hasn’t’ happened in my feeble attempts to do so. SO….What does one do? Kizz!!! She’s amazing. Her blog is witty, funny, pretty colors, great photos, prolific and more importantly, she has those highlighted little words that take you places! So with a quick email this morning and a beautifully descriptive answer

You add the http://www.somekindofwebsite.com Then click the add or link or whatever the
button is in there and it inserts a bunch of html gobbeldygook around the
thing you’ve highlighted

Here I am.

Do, go check out my fabulous woman in NYC. She’s much better at writing
anything than I am, but I do strive to be as prolific and creative as she
is.
Someday!!

PS. For those wondering, we here in OKC metro didn’t get the nasty power outages that the southeastern part of the state got. It’s freezing ass cold, high last night was 5. FIVE people!!! That’s pretty effing cold. That’s extra blankets, flannel sheets, socks and all four cats on the bed cold! For which I crawled out of this morning to go to the Y to workout only to find that they don’t open till 7am. flop. But I digress…The roads are nasty but life is coming back to normal. Say a quick prayer for the over 100,000 people who are w/o power on a night of FIVE. Bleagh.

I’M OVER IT.
Officially, over the weather and the ice and all the crap that goes along with it. Yeah, it was fun having 4 days off of work. That was nice and relaxing. But sometime between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon that “nice” shifted into STIR CRAZY. Even the cats were worked. We went up to the bar for a little bit last night and that was nice. Felt good to get out. But I had things to do today, so I didn’t want to feel bad, so it was an early night. Anyhoo…

I get up this morning to go to Weight Watchers. It’s my first “official” weigh in and I’m ready. I feel like maybe I’ve gained because all I freakin did this weekend was eat. And drink. Gallons. Vats. Gluttony to be sure. I get up and get myself dressed, get the truck thawed out and get there. NO ONE THERE. No one. Wait around, go to the post office, still no one. Crap. Well, I’ll try the noon meeting. Nada. Flop. Zilch. No sign, no posting on the website, no smoke signals. Squat.

Meanwhile, I’m scheduled for an 11:30 massage. That will feel great. It’s been 3 weeks since my last one and I am in dire need. She calls just as I get the key in the door of the truck. Have to cancel. Still at this Dr appt. Oh well fine. Just call me when you’re done with your stuff.

anyone? anyone? That’s right. No call.

I’m so fed up and cranky it’s ridiculous!!!!!

The day has turned out ok. Went to the Y, got the workout done with plans for one in the a.m. Got stuff to make French onion soup. Yum. Golden Globes are on tonight, my absolute fave. Oh yeah, and I did get to weigh in finally.

Lost 2 lbs.

Here’s to another fantastic week. Hope yours is spectacular and you don’t have nasty IceCranky attitudes to deal with. . . And if you do, then hopefully you’ve got lots of vodka in your stash to help you thru.

Didn’t do much today, considering I drank my weight in vodka last night. But what fun can an ice storm be w/o a little tipsy to go with it? I had the cauliflower ear from talking on the phone all night long. oh well. Got up today to more ice/rain/ice/sleet/nasty. spent most of it on the couch watching food tv, some football, the lastest Harry Potter movie I had missed and the Family Stone. I LOVE this movie. It’s been out forever, but it’s on HBO about every other day this last week or so. I watch it every single time I flip to it. It’s a hard movie to watch, but a good one. I love the family. I love the house. I love the big Christmas. I love the rage and the passion of it all. I wish for that….that house full of family, bustling and fighting and laughing and loving. I love the house itself, rambling porch, spacious….it’s a movie set. true. But I love it.

Forgot to take my claritin this a.m. becuse I am totally off a schedule, so I’ve been sneezing my fool head off all day. Naps and cats and food and movies. Man, it just doesn’t get better that that.

Lewis Black.
Red, White and Screwed.
It’s ice storm historic, classic, nastyass of 07 here, so I’m drinkin my vodka drinks, and watching old HBO. GO. TIVO. DVR. do what ever the F you can. WATCH this guy. I found him a long time ago. laughedoutloud. so…..go. do what you need to do. Netflix. TIvo. COXDVR. Blockbuster. First child born. DO THAT THING YOU NEED TO DO.
WATCH THIS cross eyed, freakyJewish Fabulous man.
xoxoxo, halakaleem

The ICE is here. Got to work this morning and holy monkey hell it fell to pieces. The phones rang off the wall, cancel cancel cancel and reschedule like a fool. Fine. Tomorrow, too. I did do one men’s cut at noon today. There’s always that one person…”It’s not so bad. I’ve driven in worse” whatever dude. I was just happy to make 23 bucks. Well, half that. So on my way to the car, I was walking in our little strip mall area and the florist says to me “want any roses to take home? They won’t make it thru the weekend” HECK YEAH. So, for coming in to work today, and taking care of my one client, this is what I got to bring home. Not to shabby for a stylist who only made $11.50 today.

Anyways, got home around 12:30 and have done laundry (my loveseat is about to buckle from the weight of clean clothes that I abhor folding and putting away) made a pot of chicken chili, and napped with my cats. I got up and was wondering around looking for fatass Stormy Soprano and here is what I found. Diet Dr. Stormy. and the rest of the fam…

drinking vats of vodka drinks and about to watch some great movies….

will cross fingers that we don’t lose power this weekend!

Cheers!

So, we’re in the middle of a major temp drop. 71 degrees out yesterday into last night, and this morning, we’re sittin at 32. GOOD GAWD! The freezing rain/ice is on it’s way as well. People, including myself, have gone to the grocery, stocked up on batteries and candles in case the power goes. I got the last two half gallons of milk. THE LAST TWO. now, if said power goes, I’ll just haul all my stuff outside to save but if it doesn’t, I will be nice and tucked in with fresh food and books and movies. Seriously, it’s going to be pretty bad. Who knows. We’re expecting, now thru Sunday, about an inch or more of ice. That’s a power line breaking factor, my friend. ugh. UGH I say. We’ll see! If things go bad, I’ll be gone for awhile. If not, I’ll definitely keep you posted.

It’s E’s birthday today. Or Kizz. Or Sally. However you know her. I know her as one of the most amazing women ever. . . one with whom I’ve shared many laughs in a dark bar, many tears on the curb of a street somewhere in Columbus, many pies one fateful Thanksgiving, hunted many a vamp via cell phone vamp patrol, shared many recipes and secrets of the heart, and one of the only that I shared a(cringe cringe) boy with….is it any wonder that she shares my heart as well? Who knew that all those many years ago as we bombarded her with greetings on the steet called Eddy, that she’d become one of those friends that I trust with my life and love with my whole heart.
I don’t know how to make it so that you can click here and go right to her blog, but i’ve linked it somehow and I say go on over and give her a big fat birthday wish! 117hudson.blogspot.com

Happy Birthday Sally.

Gave away the last two kitties today. . . well, gave away the last ones that I’m giving away. I’m keeping two. Scrunch and Charley left with Marymary this afternoon, and at last report they were “worrying the hell out of a jingle bell in the kitchen.” aaaaah. Nice for her to have life in the house.

Stormy Soprano, KikiMama, Sambo and Sweet Charlotte are here and the family is complete. One wonders if they miss each other, or if it’s just another shiney shiney moment in their all too frenetic lives…kitty ponderings….and I have a degree.

In other news, got signed back up in Weight Watchers today. Feel positive and happy and at my weigh in, practically jumped and screamed over the 2.8 lbs that I’d lost last week. Huzzahhhh!. 2.8. that’s like…almost 3! Hell yeah. That feels great.

Yes, I believe that the Double OOOOOHHHHH Seven title is fitting…and while I wish double and triple O’s for each and every one of us, here are a few things that I want to accomplish. The house thing, I covered earlier, but it’s still at the top.
1. Buy a house
2. Get health insurance
3. Start savings/retirement account
4. Talk with D, my financial planning friend, about the above and how to do it.
5. Focus on my health.
6. Get my whoohaa checked.
7. Continue weekly massage.
8. Succeed at moving up to a level 3 at work.
9. Continue growing my clientele.
10. Get to the gym, and make it an everyday part of my life…As is breathing, or showering.
11. Save money for a trip.
12. Pay off school loan.
13. Turn that payment into a car payment for a new car in November.
14. Learn about mortgages, and escrow, and interest rates.
15. Get really honest with myself about life, and what I really want out of it.
16. Figure out how to get there once I’ve done that.
17. Drink less alcohol.
18. Drink more water.
19. Remember to try to be a blessing to whomever I meet each day.
20. Audition and get cast in a show.

A lot of big stuff this year….Mostly financial for me. . . which is par for the course of a Scorpio. On top of that it’s ‘007 and we Bond girls are being just that. Dressed, jewelry, lipstick, a plan. I’ve stocked my kitchen with healthy foods, have a pot of the weight watchers veggie soup on the stove, have snacks bagged up ready to take to work so I don’t dive into the candy machine. Will get my Y bag together and hit the treadmill tomorrow…A new year. Scary, yes, but thank GOD we get a do over!